Bumper-supporting means



J. GUTHRIE.

BUMPER SUPPORTING MEANS.

APPLlCATlON FILED JAN. 22, 1920.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920 dwwntoz Qfam es fin Zizn' e I tact with itssupport.

umrro sTArEs PATENT OFFICE:

JAMESQUTHBIE, or CLEVELAND, onro, Assrsnon' TO Tnnomo Moron vrriictnCOMPANY, A CORPORATIONQFOHIQL f V rnivirnn-surron'rmd MEANS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES GUTHmn, a citizen. of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and iiseful Improvements in Bumper-Sup portingMeans, of which the following is a specification. I k

Ihis invention relates to means for supporting the bumper of automobilesand other vehicles, and has for its main object to. provide simple meansfor supporting bumpers in such a manner that they will not become loose,and as a result thereof produce a noise by rattling. This isaccomplished by utilizing the spring tension of the bumper rail toretain it in close conlVith the above and other objects in view 'as willbe understood, the invention will be hereinafter fully described asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereofwill be distinctly pointed I tical center of the seat.

13 of 'an ordinary bumper rail 14; 1S bent out,

out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, similar characters of reference are used to designatecorresponding parts.

Figure 1 is a plan view of an automobile bumper supported in accordancewith my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view with parts broken away illustrating oneend of the bumper connected'to its support.

Fig. 3 is a similar view the end of the bumper being in its contractedform before attachment to its support, and

Fig. 4: is a section view taken on line'4.-l of Fig. 2. v

Referring to the drawings, 1 .and 2 repre-. sent the forward ends of thesides of a chassis, to which are fixed in any suitable manner-blocks3and 4:. Each of said blocks is provided with a forwardly extending seat5 having 'at its upper and lower end flanges 6 and 7 respectively. Saidseat is arranged inwardly and chassis .to which the block is fixed, andthelaterally of the side of the rear inner side of each block isrecessed at 8, leaving upper and lower end flanges 9 and- 1'0, which areprovided with'alining openings 11 and 12 directl back of'the verach endportion wardly toward the block to form a circular described.

Specification of Letters Patent. i IPafQ tQd Aug, 2451920, Applicationfiled January 22, 1920. Serial No. 353,255. i 4

spring, and its free end terminates in an eye 10- tor receivinga pin orbolt 16 assing through the openings 11 and 12. I hen the end portion 13of the bumper rail 14 'is of the rail causes it to be held in contactwith said seat, and thereby prevent noise by rattling.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim is:

1. In a bumper supporting 'means, the

combination of a rail, a block, and means;

for holding the rail to the block under tension, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a bumper supporting means the combination of a rail, a block, andmeans for holding the rail to the block under spring tension to preventmovement of the rail relative to the block, substantially-as In a bumpersupporting means, the

combination of a rail, a block, the rail hava springy portion, and meansfor hold mg the springy portion of the rail in en gagement with theblock, substantially as described. v v

4. In a bumper supporting means, the combination of a rail, the railhaving its end bent in circular'form, a. block, the block having a seat,the rail resting against the seat, and means for connecting the free endof the circular portion of the rail to the block to hold the rail intension against the seat of the block, substantially as described.

5. In a bumper supporting means, the

combination of a rail, the rail having its; end bent in circular form,the free end of the circular ortion of the rail terminating in an eye, alock, the block having a seat,

the rail resting against the seat, andfrneans passing through saideyefor connecting the] .rail to the block to hold the rail under 7tension against said'seat, substantially as" described."

y 6. In a bumper supporting meansl the combination of arail, therailhaving its end.

' bent in circular form, the free end of the citcular portion of therail terminating in eye, a block, the block havinga seat, the blockbeing provided witha recess for receivinl said eye, the block: havingopeningsat eac side of the reeessigr 'recelvlng a pin, the distancebetween theginner face of the {rail and the center of its eyebeing lessJAMES GUTHRIE.

